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Unfortunately, I think this will just be like showing the bull a red rag...
Now that MS has blocked these workrounds, it will be hackers bragging rights as to who comes up with a new one quick enough.

It seems that it is morally legit to hack MS software and claim "monopoly, too expensive" etc.
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Unfortunately, I think this will just be like showing the bull a red rag...  Scrat | 02/10/08
Right on $s, and yes, it will be cracked other ways  TripleII | 02/10/08
I stand corrected, they work Sundays. (NT)  TripleII | 02/10/08
Vista $29.99  Smarty_Pantz | 02/12/08
f the system isn???t activated it is marked at non-genuine and nags  Jeremy W | 02/10/08
Isn't that about what...  itpro_z | 02/11/08
What are you talking about?  GuidingLight | 02/11/08
MS stops pirates, ha!  james@... | 02/10/08
Yup, You're right...  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  xxl3ww@... | 02/10/08
Are you sure Pirates aren't slamming the door on Vista?  boed | 02/10/08
Read the final paragraph on page 1  HypnoToad72 | 02/11/08
So what he is saying is.... we are paying for them to pirate  Been_Done_Before | 02/11/08
See there?  Ole Man | 02/11/08
Not Gonna Stop It.  wiredpig@... | 02/10/08
Wrong...  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
A Waste of Money  zithero@... | 02/10/08
You missed the point  notsofast | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates  dailism@... | 02/10/08
Vista? Really??  mahendosat | 02/10/08
Pirate Vista? Why?  GBorchers | 02/10/08
I agree  obvio.capitao@... | 02/10/08
And the "ultimate" version of nothing...  1stcyberian | 02/10/08
You obviously never tried it.  burkhartmic | 02/11/08
I tried it !!  john3347@... | 02/13/08
Help is available...  burkhartmic | 02/13/08
What? You never heard of Ubuntu Ultimate?  Arm A. Geddon | 02/11/08
AGREED!!!  boed | 02/10/08
i've made a killing upgrading people to vista  SO.CAL Guy | 02/11/08
Yes, but...  itpro_z | 02/11/08
LOL - I think you are wrong  boed | 02/11/08
Thanks, I needed a good laugh.  itpro_z | 02/11/08
When you're a died in the wool pre-programmed MSCE  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/14/08
If it keeps getting broken...  SuperPenguin | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates  Ronny102 | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates  fplain@... | 02/10/08
The question is...  D. T. Schmitz | 02/10/08
Linux since 1999, no problems, no issues..  gates987@... | 02/10/08
1999 is the same year Jackson declared Microsoft a monopoly  PB_z | 02/11/08
That's not how govt defines monopoly  otaddy | 02/11/08
Electric cars are a viable alternative to gas fueled vehicles . .  startx.jeff | 02/12/08
Have Linux installed since 1999 as well ... and still see not use for it.  joe620 | 02/13/08
LOL- why would anyone steal Vista?  boed | 02/10/08
maybe your assumptions are wrong  otaddy | 02/11/08
Wouldn't that be nice  boed | 02/10/08
Hold on Adrian!  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  iheartprivacy@... | 02/10/08
Oh really?  timhodgson@... | 02/10/08
5 things broken in Vista  boed | 02/10/08
Response  itpro_z | 02/11/08
When I was a child, I spake as a child  Ole Man | 02/11/08
Don't exist or you are purposely blind to the issue?  boed | 02/11/08
Poor boed  itpro_z | 02/12/08
SAD - just sad  boed | 02/12/08
Sad is right  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Your wasting your time, boed  hasta la Vista, bah-bie | 02/14/08
No credibility  timhodgson@... | 02/10/08
Geeze...  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
Em ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/11/08
No credibility?  ejhonda | 02/11/08
Linux is always Genuine  obvio.capitao@... | 02/10/08
Another Thought...  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  c0ld_darkness@... | 02/10/08
Microsoft DEFEATS THE PIRATES  TechExec2 | 02/10/08
Fair enough  Ben_E | 02/11/08
Sorry. it does not  nilotpal_c | 02/11/08
This may sound silly, but  markofkane | 02/11/08
oops  markofkane | 02/11/08
Surely? Probably? Nope. Wrong and wrong.  TechExec2 | 02/11/08
Capriciously Pretentious  m42581@... | 02/11/08
Wow, huge numbers!  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Do I have to explain EVERYTHING to you? laugh  TechExec2 | 02/12/08
You have explained nothing  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Windows lost about 2% market share in the last 12 months  TechExec2 | 02/12/08
More  TechExec2 | 02/12/08
Yes, TE2, I follow your point.  itpro_z | 02/12/08
hmm  Badgered | 02/11/08
You speak the truth!  Ole Man | 02/11/08
Thanks, Ole Man. You're one of the good guys. NT  TechExec2 | 02/12/08
What do they do in Redmond when...  evan1138 | 02/10/08
I wonder what if...  Kromaethius | 02/10/08
With Vista costing upwards of $400 a copy...  BitTwiddler | 02/11/08
No way  ejhonda | 02/11/08
Surely you jest.  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Here Bitty Bitty Bitty  itanalyst | 02/11/08
LOL  Been_Done_Before | 02/11/08
Why bother?  voska1 | 02/11/08
If Vista sucks, why hack it?  fhskier | 02/11/08
Could be the challenge (nt)  voska1 | 02/11/08
What challenge, it was hacked as a Beta!  btljooz | 02/11/08
RE: Microsoft+slams+the+door+on+Vista+pirates  llval@... | 02/11/08
Message has been deleted.  itanalyst | 02/11/08
question...  catseverywhere@... | 02/11/08
still requires user stupidity,,, er... input.  Narg | 02/11/08
Does it even matter?  No_Ax_to_Grind | 02/11/08
Those Vista pirates could go get real jobs at  woot@... | 02/11/08
Thoughts?  tracy anne | 02/11/08
All of your statements are true...  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Whose stuck in the past  boed | 02/12/08
Another good laugh.  itpro_z | 02/12/08
The biggest fraud is 'BOED'  biggestred | 02/23/08
I think I shall demand a Refund.  Pepper.dot.Net | 02/12/08
Pretender  R1scFactor | 02/12/08
Interesting point of view.  itpro_z | 02/12/08
Message has been deleted.  john.blackthrone@... | 02/12/08
SP1 has been cracked  John Musbach | 02/12/08
re: Ubuntu  hansoff | 02/13/08
hehehe  hansoff | 02/13/08
Typing is a far cry from the worst part of your post  Ole Man | 02/13/08
Adrian? Piracy?  MrViklund | 02/18/08
I agree ...  Adrian Kingsley-Hughes ZDNet Moderator | 02/18/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  calltheroot@... | 02/18/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  Howard_McClellan@... | 02/19/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  tkakvin | 02/23/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  tkakvin | 02/23/08
The biggest fraud is 'BOED'  biggestred | 02/23/08
Vista pirates slams the door on Microsoft  nitehawk_ltd | 03/13/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  aussieclone | 03/23/08
RE: Microsoft slams the door on Vista pirates  Lycos10 | 04/05/08

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